05 March 2012

I adore these five measuring spoons which give a baker the correct quantities of flour, water, yeast, sugar and oil to bake a loaf of bread. They were created by Niels Datema while studying at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Perfect.

23 February 2012

In my on going quest to find new oat recipes for breakfast I stumbled upon this one for baked oats. Of course, I ended up getting the cookbook from which it is from and it is full of many more dishes for me to try (It's been added to my cookbook list in the sidebar). We used chopped almonds instead of walnuts which was very nice. I can imagine eating the oats with a dollop of thick greek yogurt or fancy creme fraiche and yesterday I brought home some coconut milk and thought I might just try baking the oats in it. When I make it for a weekday breakfast I find it helpful to have all of the dry ingredients mixed together the night before so I can rather quickly assemble the whole dish. It is so easy but needs to bake for about 35 minutes which can feel like a long wait for hungry bellies!

16 February 2012

Delicious oatmeal pancakes made from all of the extra cooked oatmeal we have some days (or from times when we have soaked oats overnight and then wake craving something else for breakfast!) They were, of course, really good with maple syrup and nice with a dab of blackberry jam too. The recipe is from this wonderful cook book.